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- 11/15/2020
Physicians’ abuse
- 11/15/2020
Top 10 ways to avoid the common cold
- 11/15/2020
Rapid tests slow to be used as health officials unsure of reliability, best use
The "gold-standard'' COVID-19 tests need to be processed in a lab, and usually take at least a day to provide results. Rapid tests can be processed in the same place a patient is tested, sometimes in as few as 15 minutes, but they are generally considered less reliable than lab results. - 11/14/2020
Pharmacists helping pharmacists
- 11/14/2020
Little miss perfect: a portrait
Lakshmi gave every appearance of being perfect. Her marks in undergraduate medical school were exceptional. She was intelligent, well prepared, charming and efficient. Always beautifully dressed, her hair was professionally blown out, her nails never ragged or chipped. Unlike the other often frazzled and sleep-deprived members of her resident cohort, she never looked flustered, exhausted and overworked. - 11/12/2020
Are you listening yet? Check out these podcasts by and for pharmacists
Here are some pharmacy-inspired podcasts to put on your radar, available via most popular podcast platforms, such as Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iTunes, Podbean and Stitcher. - 11/12/2020
Your COVID-19 long haulers IQ
- 11/12/2020
5 Tips: Enhancing adherence to inhaler therapy
Whether being used to treat asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory inhalers have very high nonadherence rates at 30%-to-70%. - 11/12/2020
Chains, independents partner with U.S. Health and Human Services to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
Ahead of vaccine approval, pharmacies have been named key immunization sites by the U.S. health agency - 11/12/2020
Assisted dying bill sparks ferocious debate among Canadians with disabilities
Bill C-7 attempts to strike a balance between an individual's right to personal autonomy and self-determination and the need to protect vulnerable people who might feel pressured—either directly or indirectly by societal attitudes and a lack of support services—into seeking medical help to end their lives.